Loquat

Loquat
	Loquat ( Eriobotrya japonica )
Systematics
Order :	Rose-like (rosales)
Family :	Rose family (Rosaceae)
Subfamily :	Spiraeoideae
Tribe :	Pyreae
Sub tribus :	Pome fruit family (Pyrinae)
Genre :	Loquat
Scientific name
	Eriobotrya
	Lindl.

Loquat, inflorescence

Japanese loquat, leaves and fruits

tasty loquat with large seeds

The medlars ( Eriobotrya ) are a genus of the pome fruit family (Pyrinae) in the rose family (Rosaceae). The best-known representative of the genus is the Japanese loquat ( Eriobotrya japonica ), which is known in Europe as an ornamental plant and increasingly also because of its tasty fruits.

description

Eriobotrya species are evergreen trees and shrubs . The mostly stalked leaves are simple. The leaf margins are smooth or serrated. Stipules are present.

The terminal, paniculate inflorescences contain many flowers. The hermaphrodite, radially symmetrical flowers are five-fold. The five sepals are still clearly recognizable from the fruits. The five white or yellow petals are nailed. There are 20 stamens . The lower ovary consists of two to five carpels . The two to five styluses, which are often hairy, are only fused at their base.

The bent-back sepals are easily recognizable on the apple-shaped fruit. The fruits contain only a few large seeds.

Systematics

The genus includes about 26 to 30 species in eastern Asia. There are 14 species in China, three of which are endemic there :

Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f. : It occurs in India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia and in the Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan .
Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder : It occurs in China and Vietnam.
Eriobotrya deflexa (. Hemsl) Nakai (Syn .: eriobotrya deflexa . Var koshunensis Kaneh & Sasaki. , Photinia deflexa Hemsl. ): It occurs in China, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Eriobotrya dubia Decne. (Syn .: Photinia dubia Lindl. ): It occurs in India, Bhutan and Nepal.
Eriobotrya elliptica Lindl. : It occurs in Nepal and in Xizang .
Eriobotrya fragrans Champ. ex Benth. : It occurs in China and Vietnam.
Eriobotrya henryi Nakai : It occurs in Myanmar and in the Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan .
Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne. : It occurs in Sikkim , Bhutan and Nepal.
Japanese loquat ( Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. , Syn .: Mespilus japonica Thunb. ): It occurs in Japan and China.
Eriobotrya malipoensis Kuan : It occurs in Yunnan .
Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm .: It occurs in Yunnan .
Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f. : It occurs in Bhutan and Sikkim .
Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & EH Wilson : It occurs in Sichuan , Yunnan and Laos.
Eriobotrya salwinensis Hand .-- Mazz.
Eriobotrya seguinii (H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill. : It occurs in the Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan .
Eriobotrya serrata J.E. Vidal
Eriobotrya tengyuehensi W.W. Sm.

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Description in the Flora of China (English)

Individual evidence

^ Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Eriobotrya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 22, 2017.

Web links

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[1] Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .

[GRIN-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Eriobotrya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 22, 2017.